PFE Welcomes Northern Bank and First Citizens Bank as Members
March 22, 2024
Our membership is growing. Two banks, Northern Bank and First Citizens Bank, have joined Partnership for Financial Equity as new members in recent weeks. Welcome! Founded in 1960, Northern Bank […]
Read More NewsBusinesses in Low Income Areas and Neighborhoods of Color Across Massachusetts Receive Fewer Loans Than Peers in 2021; Local Lenders Lead in Year Two of PPP
February 05, 2024
Boston, MA – Businesses in low-income tracts across the Commonwealth receive less than their respective percentage of loans, both in terms of the number of loans and the total dollar […]
Read More NewsNew Paper on Special Purpose Credit Programs as Tool for Greater Equity
December 20, 2023
Boston, MA – A little-used tool that has been available since 1976 is the focus of a new report released today by the nonprofit Partnership for Financial Equity with support […]
Read More EventsNearly 400 attend two-day Financial Equity Summit 2023
October 04, 2023
Thank you to all of our sponsors, speakers, panelists and attendees in making our second annual Financial Equity Summit a huge success. This year’s Summit featured Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea […]
Read More NewsFirstGenHome – From Massachusetts to Minnesota and Beyond
August 10, 2023
It started in Dorchester. The nation’s first ever program to support first-generation homebuyers, those without the Bank of Mom and Dad, was launched here in Massachusetts in 2019 by the […]
Read More NewsPartnership for Financial Equity and Woodstock Institute Release Mortgage Lending Matters
June 29, 2023
Number of Mortgages to Black and Latino/a Households Remain at All-Time Highs for Second Consecutive Year; Boston Losing Buyers of Color with Gateway Cities Gaining Boston, MA – More Black […]
Read More EventsBanking Services Committee to Hold First Meeting of Year on March 1st
February 17, 2023
Join us for our first Banking Services Committee meeting of 2023 co-chaired by Jason Andrade from Compass Working Capital and Lena Buteau from Monson Savings Bank. We will be re-viewing […]
Read More NewsShould Massachusetts have a small business borrowers bill of rights?
February 16, 2023
Our small business lending committee tackled this question on February 16th with an excellent presentation from the Responsible Business Lending Coalition; New York State CDFI Coalition; and New Jersey Citizen Action. […]
Read More NewsMCBC is now the Partnership for Financial Equity
December 15, 2022
Boston, MA – Thirty-two years after its founding, the Massachusetts Community & Banking Council is finishing 2022 with a new name and is now doing business as the Partnership for […]
Read More NewsInaugural Financial Equity Summit draws over 300 for two-day event
December 05, 2022
Our inaugural Financial Equity Summit featured an all-star lineup of speakers, panelists and moderators all focused on one word – equity. Speakers focused on issues of mortgage lending, small business […]
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